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Coin

c.1628 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The obverse of a silver thalers, threaded to screw to the base; the portrait head is of Christian Minden, Duke of Brunswick Luneburg (ruled 1599-1633), lettered: CHRISTIANUS. D:G. EL. EP. MIND: DUX. BR. ET. LU. Inside is scratched: 1/101.25.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Obverse half of a silver thaler, threaded to screw to the base.
Brief description
Cover of portrait miniature of a man, perhaps the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III, watercolour on vellum, painted by Alexander Cooper, 1628-1630, on obverse of a silver thaler (schraubthaler) with a portrait head of Christian Miden, Duke of Brunswick Luneburg
Physical description
The obverse of a silver thalers, threaded to screw to the base; the portrait head is of Christian Minden, Duke of Brunswick Luneburg (ruled 1599-1633), lettered: CHRISTIANUS. D:G. EL. EP. MIND: DUX. BR. ET. LU. Inside is scratched: 1/101.25.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 1.5in
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
CHRISTIANUS. D:G. EL. EP. MIND: DUX. BR. ET. LU
Credit line
Bequeathed by Thomas Hugh Cobb
Subject depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Murdoch, John. Seventeenth-century English Miniatures in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: The Stationery Office, 1997.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1944, London: Printed under the Authority of the Ministry of Education 1949.
Collection
Accession number
P.6:2-1944

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Record createdAugust 29, 2014
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